Egg-case-carrying attachment for vehicles.



PATENTED DEC. 12, 1905.

R. N. STORY. EGG GASE CARRYING ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1. 1905.

INVENTOI? WITNESSES:

A 770/?NE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND NELSON STORY, OF CLAY CENTER, KANSAS.

EGG-OASE-CARRYlNG ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed September 1, 1905. Serial No. 276,733.

To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, RAYMOND NELSON STORY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Clay Center, in the county of Clay and Stateof Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Egg-Case-Carrying Attachmentfor Vehicles, of which the following is afull, clear, and ex-' actdescription.

In rural districts throughout the country farmers and others raisingpoultry usually carry eggs as they accumulate in quantity to dealers innear-by towns for sale, such transfers being made in a spring-supportedvehicle, such as a buggy, this being done to lessen the danger ofbreakage that would result if the eggs were carried on a wagon withoutsprings. Ordinarily aca se holding a considerable number of eggs isstrapped upon the rear end of the vehicle, and as the egg-holding caseis bulky it is difficult and very inconvenient to safely secure it onthe rear portion of the conveyance.

The object of this invention is provide a novel simple case-holder thatmay be readily and securely mounted and detachably secured upon the rearportion of a buggy or like vehicle, and thus afford reliable means forconveniently placing and holding an egg-case on the vehicle fortransportation of the filled case to a market for the eggs.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described, and defined in the subjoined claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the improved freight-carryingdevice mou nted and detachably secured upon the rear portionof a vehicle-body that is supported by springs, one appearing in saidview. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View of the rear portion of avehiclebody, a spring-bar, a carrier-arm extended up at the rear of thevehicle-body, and a portion of the freight-carrying device mountedrearwardly upon said carrier-arm. Fig. 8 is a detached enlargedperspective view of a novel clamping-bolt employed. Fig. 4 is a planview of a clip-plate that is a detail of the invention; and Fig. 5 is areversed plan view of a clamping device that in use coacts with theclampingbolt for holding the freightcarrying frame detachably securedupon the rear portion of the vehicle-body.

In the drawings, A represents the body of a vehicle; B, the rear axle;C, an elliptical spring mounted upon the axle and secured thereto, and Daspring-bar clipped upon the center of the spring by means hereinafterdescribed, the ends of said spring-bar being connected with the rear endof the vehicle-body by two carrier-arms E E, which are substantiallyL-shaped and have lower horizontal members extended below and securedupon the lower side of the body A, as shown at a in Fig. 2. The main orupright portions of the carrier-arms E E are turned upward and securedby clips 5 upon the spring-bar D near its ends, thus adapting said armsto support the bodyA from the spring-bar, spring, and rear axle, asindicated in Fig. 1.

The freight-carrying frame, which is specially well adapted for holdingin: position'on the rear portion of a vehicle-body, such as A, an oblongcase (not shown) containing eggs, but that may also be utilized for thesupport of other packages, is constructed of anumber of light metallicbars that are arranged to provide a rectangular skeleton structure.

As shown in Fig. 1, the carrier-frame comprises, in part, four bars 1010, that are spaced apart in pairs by four upright corner-posts 11 11*,and said bars may be of angle-iron, as shown, thus rendering them strongand capable of resisting torsional strains. Two of the posts designatedby the characters 11 are formed of L-shaped angle-iron cut to equallength; but the posts 11 are in the form of flat metallic bars equal inlength with the posts 11 and connect the frame members 10 10 together,and it will be seen that the connection of the posts with the elongatedframe members produce two nearly similar rectangular frame-sections, thedifierence between them consisting in the pivotal attachment ofone endof the frame member 10 that in service is the upper one at the rear ofthe carrierframe upon an adjacent post 11*, as at 0, and forming alatch-hook c on the other end of said frame member 10, said hooklatching fast upon the remaining post 11". The two rectangular framestructures described are spaced apart in parallel planes by fourhorizontal stretcher-bars 12 of an equal length, these iron bars beingsecured at their ends upon the posts 11 and 11, thus forming a strongoblong rectangular frame of a capacity to receive within it a case orbox such as is employed for the safe packing and conveyforations h ineach of its limbs 13.

ance of eggs from one locality to another. The carrier-frame justdescribed is completed by a transverse brace 12, that is secured betweenthe lower frame-bars 10 at their longitudinal center, and in said brace,which is in the form of a flat plate-like bar, a number of spaced andthreaded perforations e are formed and disposed from the rear end of thebrace toward the forward end of the same.

Referring to the means for connecting the spring-bar D with the upperleaves of the elliptical spring (1, these normally consist of twoinverted-U-shaped clip-bands g g, which are threaded at their lowerends, said ends passing through two clamping-plates that are clampedupon the lower side of the axle by nuts screwed on said threaded ends.1n the improvement the clip-bands g g are utilized; but instead ofemploying the usual clampingplates a single clamping-plate 13 isprovided, consisting of a flat bar bent to produce two parallel limbs13, extended at a right angle from the main portion thereof, and, asshown in Fig. 4, this rectangularly-looped clampingplate 13 is formedwith a perforation h central in its body portion and two spaced per- Thelimbs 13 lap upon and are secured to the lower side of the body A at itstransverse center by bolts through the holes 72/ and project somewhat atthe rear of the spring-bar D, disposing the body 13 of theclamping-plate behind the spring-bar.

A metal standard 141 in the form of a cylindrical rod threaded on thelower portion of itsbody is furnished with a collar 7; near its normallyupper end, and the portion a" thereof above the collar is threaded forengagement within any one of the threaded perforations 0 that may befound to be directly above the perforation h in the clamping-plate 13when the carrier-frame is in position for service. On the standard let ajam-nut 7c is mount-' ed by screwing it to a suitable point thereon thatwill adapt said nut to rest upon the clamping-plate 13 when the standardis passed down through the perforation h therein, and a preferablywinged nut in is screwed upon the portion of said standard below theclampingplate and into contact therewith, thus securing the standarderected from the plate 13 and adapted for the stable support of the rearportion of the carrier-frame.

- The lower forward transverse member 10 of the carrier-frame, that isseated upon the side boards of the buggy-body, as shown in Fig. l, isthereto detachably secured by the following-described means: Two similarclamping-bolts, such as the one shown at 15 in Fig. 3, are employed,each consisting of a cylindrical metallic rod of a suitable length,having a threaded arm 15 extended at a right angle from the normallyupper end of the body 15, and the latter is similarly threaded at andnear its end. Upon the normally lower end portion of each clamping-bolt15 a jamnut m and a preferably winged nut m are mounted by screwing themupon the threaded body thereof, and two jam-nuts n n are similarlymounted upon the threaded arm 15 of each clamping-bolt. The arm l5 oneach clamping-bolt 15 is passed through one of a plurality ofperforations 0, that are formed in the upright member of the angle-ironframebar 10, nearly above the top edge of a respective side ofthevehicle-body A, this being effected after the removal of one nut n fromeach arm and its subsequent replacement, thus clamping the arm fast uponthe frame-bar and disposing the clamping-bolt pendent therefrom, asshown in Figs. 1 and 3.

A novel clamping device is provided for cooperation with eachclamping-bolt 15, these duplicate devices each consisting of thefollowing-described details of construction that appear in Fig. 5 asapplied upon the bottom surface of the body A: A rectangularclamping-plate 16, having a slot 12 extended from one transverse edgeinwardly, is pivoted at two of its corners 0, that are at the oppositeedge upon corresponding ends of two flat links 17 17, the link 17 beingpivoted upon the lower side of the body A, near its side wall, and extending diagonally from the clamping-plate when the latter is projectedoutside of said side wall of the vehicle-body, as is shown by full linesin Fig. 5. The link 17 is slotted longitudinally toward its normallyinner end, as is shown at 1' in Fig. 5, and extends diagonally from thecorner 1) of the clampingplate 16 in a direction opposite from the trendof the link 17. A threaded stud-bolt s is projected downward from thebottom of the vehicle-body A and passes loosely through the slot 1',having a winged nut s screwed upon its projecting end,which whenadjusted tightly against the link 17 will hold the clampingplateprojected exterior of the body A for engagement with the pendentappropriate clamping-bolt 16, as is shown at the left in Fig. 1, for onebolt and clamp.

It will be seen that from the relative positions given to the similarclamping-bolts 16 at each side of the vehicle-body A said bolts may havetheir jam-nuts m and winged nuts m so relatively positioned thereon thatthe bolts may be rocked downward and enter the open slots 7" in theclamping-plates 16, whereupon a clamping adjustment of the nuts m m willsecure the carrier-frame firmly but removably clamped upon thevehicle-body A.

It will be seen that by providing the series of perforations e that arethreaded and the two spaced sets of perforations 0 in the frame member10 the carrier-frame may be mounted and properly secured upon vehiclesof different widths and having the seat of the vehicle positioneddifferently with relation to the rear end wall of the vehicle-body, sothat a standard size for the carrier-frame will be adapted for properconnection with the spring-supported bodies of vehicles of somewhatdifferent dimensions.

As the boxes or cases for packing eggs to be carried to market are ofsubstantially similar dimensions, the carrier-frame should be ofcorresponding size, so that the case or box may be conveniently slidwithin the frame and be secured therein by first rocking the framebar 10upward, so as to open the rear end of the frame for the reception of thecase, and subsequently closing said frame-bar by latching it fast uponthe post 11 with its hook c.

As the improvement is designed for temporary connection with the rearportion of the body of a vehicle having spring support on therunning-gears, such as a buggy'of usual construction, when thecarrier-frame is re moved from the vehicle-body .the standard 14 isremoved and the clamping-bolts 15 also. Then the clamping-plates 16 areturned into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, which willconceal them, this restoring the vehicle to normal condition.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A carrier for freight on spring-supportedvehicles, consisting of a rectangular metallic frame having ahingedtopcross-bar at the rear side of the frame, and means for securing said barclosed, clamps for detachably holding the forward portion of the frameon the top edges of the vehicle-body, and means for supporting the rearportion of said frame from the rear spring of the vehicle.

2. A carrier-frame for freight comprising elongated frame-bars, postsconnecting the ends of said frame-bars, one of the frame-bars havinghinged connection with an adjacent post at one end thereof, and alatched connection with a corresponding post at the other end thereof,and stretcher-bars joining the posts and frame-bars, producing anelongated rectangular structure.

3. A carrier-frame for freight, comprising elongated frame-bars, two ofsaid frame-bars being of L-shaped angle-iron, angle-iron posts joiningtwo of the frame-bars at their ends, flat-bar posts joining theremaining framebars at their ends, the upper one of said framebar'sbeing pivoted at one end upon an adjacent flatbar post and having alatched engagement at the other end with the remaining flatbar post, andstretcher-bars joined at their ends to the frame-bars and posts, thusforming joining two of the frame-bars at their ends,-

flat-bar posts joining the remaining framebars at their ends, the upperone of said flat bars, having one end pivoted, and the other end latchedrespectively on corresponding posts, stretcher-bars joined at their endsto the frame-bars and posts forming a skeleton rectangular frame, a fiatbrace extended across the frame on its lower side, and clamping meansengaging the brace and the runninggears of the vehicle for holding theframe thereon.

5. In a freight-carrier of the .character described, the means forclamping the carrierframe upon the body of a vehicle, comprisingclamping-bolts having lateral arms securable upon the lower frame-barsof the freight-can rier, clamping-plates adjustably held by links on thebottom of the vehicle-body, and nuts on the clamping-bolts, adapted forholding the clamping-plates compressed against the bot tom of said body.

6. In a freight-carrier for a vehicle, the means for supporting acarrier-frame of the character described at its rear side above andfroma vehicle-spring, comprising a flat brace on thelower side of thecarrier-frame, a clamping-plate on said spring, and a standard erectedfrom the clamping-plate and changeably engaging the flat brace.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

RAYMOND NELSON STORY.

Witnesses:

L. A. MONEE, M. ROKES.

